Ralph P. Locke (born 1949) is an American musicologist, classical music critic and professor emeritus of musicology at

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music ...

. He founded the ''Eastman Studies in Music'' series. He is a contributor to the ''

New Grove Dictionary of Music ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

'' and several other books, and has been editor of several journals. He is also "one of the most published musicologists on orientalism and music." Locke earned his BA at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

and his PhD at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

Selected bibliography

*''Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart'', Cambridge University Press, 2015 *''Musical Exoticism: Images and Reflections'', Cambridge University Press, 2009 *''Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists since 1860'', University of California Press, 1997 *''Music, Musicians, and the Saint-Simonians'', University of Chicago Press, 1986

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